With Imperial Navy reinforcements bolstering the defence of the
Cadian Gate, Abaddon has unveiled the next phase of his plan to
bring the region to its knees. The Word Bearers Legion, led by the
Dark Apostle and arch blasphemer Erebus, has enacted a terrible
ritual upon the worlds it has captured, sacrificing the lives of
innocents by the million.

The raw stuff of the Warp has been unleashed, pouring through the
rents in the thin skein of reality created by their incantations,
and calling up vast Warp storms across the region. Many outlying
sectors such as Scelus and Caliban are now engulfed in raging
tempests, some simply cut off from aid, others reduced to shifting
realms of madness as the denizens of the Empyrean run riot across
entire worlds. Ibrium is amongst the worst affected worlds; where
once proud Ecclesiarchy Cathedrals stood, now blasphemous monuments
to the powers of the Warp proclaim the dominion of Chaos. Across the
sector, where kilometre-high Hive cities once pieced the clouds, now
gargantuan charnel houses dominate worlds forever lost to Man.

Kharn the Betrayer himself has been unleashed upon Tabor in the
Agripinaa sector, his berserker army wallowing in the blood of his
victims. The cursed hulk Lysander has been vomited from the warp
near the Imperial world of Gudrun, sending thousands mad with its
mere proximity. Daemons are spilling into existence all across the
Nemesis Tessera system, systematically destroying, debasing and
defiling everything they find. The Cathedral of Chaos Ascendant upon
Belial IV is nearly complete, and the Cadian sector is ravaged by
warp storms so severe combatants must fight in the midst of
crackling storms of raw Chaos energy. Chaos has fought back with
renewed ferocity.

With so many sectors now cut-off, the war has escalated by a degree
of magnitude in those areas still accessible to both sides. The
fighting in such areas as the Cadian Sector, Scarus Sector and Agripinaa
has reached an unprecedented level, with millions throwing themselves
upon the crucible of utter and total war, to save the Cadian Gate
from falling irrecoverably into the clutches of the Ruinous Powers.
In an amazing twist of fate, the Imperial reinforcements from Battlefleet
Solar arrive many weeks earlier than expected, for the tides of
the Warp are never predictable. The Thirteenth company add their
feral might to the battle for the Chaos-infested streets of Kasr
Holn, and the Duke Lurstophan braves the warp storms to bring aid
to the besieged Cadia. Under the bruised and crackling skies of
his homeworld, Ursakar Creed, Lord Castellan of Cadia has launched
a major counterassault from the heart of the Imperial forces, and
the White Scars of the Adeptus Astartes engage the Chaos forces
across the Cadian sector. Not a single man is spared, and the death
tolls spiral ever upward.

CAMPAIGN NEWS

There is Only War
The Cadian system stands upon the very brink of damnation- Vigilatum
and Solar Mariatus all but broken upon the wheel of Abaddon's insatiable
assault. Imperial forces, for so long fighting the strategic war,
are losing the tactical battle across every world. That the Despoiler's
assault on the Cadian Gate took the defences by storm is evident
by the apocalyptic scale of the Imperium's losses, but questions
are being asked at the highest of levels regarding the seeming inability
of Imperium commanders to coordinate their actions. The identity
of Abaddon's key strategic advisors and most trusted lieutenants-
the so-called 'Triad' - is being sought as a matter of urgency.
In recent days, agents under the auspices of the Ordo Malleus have
won vital information, many at the cost of their own lives. Meantime
Imperial defences are totally overwhelmed by the coordinated attacks,
no force able to contribute reinforcements to any other warzones
to stem the unholy tide of Chaos. With the Warp Storms now raging
across the region, and the focus of the war falling upon Cadia itself,
if the Imperium is to emerge victorious, a united command and a
determined counter attack is all that may save billions of lives.

Agripinaa
The Agripinaa sector has taken a fearful battering in the latest
phase of the Despoiler's invasion, with the forces of Chaos making
gains on most of the worlds on that warzone. The system of Malin's
Reach has suffered particularly horrifying defeats at the hands
of the crazed mutants of the horde known as the Stigmatus Covenant.
Should these deviants gain total control of the worlds of Malin's
Reach, they may be lost for ever, for these scum are notorious for
their desecration of all that is pure and holy in the realms of
Man.

Tyranids
Recent reports from the Belis Corona fronts indicate a large number
of Tyranid splinter fleets attacking worlds in that sector. Adeptus
Mechanicus investigators have been despatched to ascertain the origins
of these deadly xenos, and Deathwatch
kill teams are being assembled from a number of Space Marine Chapters
in the region.

The Voice Silenced
For weeks the heretic known as 'The Voice' has transmitted his blasphemous
rantings across the vox-nets of the region, but with Warp storms
rising across the warzones his transmissions have mysteriously ceased.
The heretic's last transmission challenged the Dark Angels to defend
the ruins of Caliban, and a further broadcast, claiming the Dark
Angels were in fact in league with the Forces of Disorder was traced
to a company of Night Lords Traitor Space Marines. An Ordo Malleus
Kill team was dispatched, but upon reaching the site of the broadcast,
found the Sons of the Lion had arrived before them, only the broken
bodies of the Night Lords remaining to tell of the Dark Angels'
wrath.

EYE OF TERROR EVENT CARDS

The following event cards were played in Week 5. If you have an
event card and are unsure how to play it, contact your country representative.
(Info should be with your card)

The Harvester of SoulsThis card affects the Belial IV sub-sector in favor of the Forces
of Order.
The Phoenix Lord Maugan Ra addresses the forces at the Belial IV
sub-sector, where many Eldar warhosts have gathered to take back
their Crone Worlds. His inspiring presence, bolstered in no small
part by an Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God, drives the Eldar into
a fury of battlelust that is then unleashed across the Crone Worlds.
With such legendary figures in their midst they will fight until
their enemies are annihilated or the last of their number is dead.

Solar FlaresThis card affects the planets of the Cadia system in favor of
Both Sides.
The increase in Warp Flare activity has an effect on all the stars
in proximity to the Eye of Terror. Solar flares begin to occur in
a dangerously unpredictable fashion presenting a hazard to shipping
and communications.

The Talismans of VaulThis card affects Macharia planet in favor of the Forces of
Order.
Abaddon has deployed every weapon at his disposal in order to take
Cadia, including the legendary Blackstone Fortresses. These massive
space stations, known as the Talismans of Vaul to the Eldar, attract
the graceful spacecraft of the ancient alien race in unprecedented
numbers, falling on these outlying sections of the Chaos fleet to
the exclusion of all else.

Death From AboveThis card affects the Belis Corona system in favor
of the Forces of Order.
A battlegroup of the Imperial Navy breaks through a picket line
of Chaos Vessels to bombard their forces assembling on Laurentix.
Orbital strikes hammer the Chaos forces and destroy whole swathes
of traitors and war machines.

AmbushThis card affects the Belis Corona system in favor of the Forces
of Disorder.
Imperial ships, despatched from their forward bases in Segmentum
Solar travel through the Warp to arrive at the jump point at Bairsten
Prime. By use of fell sorcery Abaddon has been forewarned of this
and laid a trap for the Imperial vessels, crippling a great many
before they can escape to Belis Corona.

The Silver FoxThis card affects Cadia, Xersia, and Demios Binary in favor
of the Forces of Order.
Admiral Quarren, rallying his forces at Demios Binary, leads the
battered Imperial Navy from his flagship, Gathalamor, taking the
fight to the enemy once more. Using a brilliant series of feints
and false pushes, the admiral is able to disperse elements of the
Chaos fleets before engaging and destroying them piecemeal.

WARHAMMER 40,000

Taking Skulls for Khorne
In the Agripinaa sector, a terror millennia old has been unleashed.
A killer that knows no mercy. This force is known throughout the
Imperium as Kharn the Betrayer!

5 Minutes to Evac
Dispatched to inspect the site of a once Chaos-infested planet within
the fringes of the Eye of Terror, a small detachment of Daemonhunters
must determine whether the almost-forgotten world is habitable again.

BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC

Navigate the Storm
Chaos fleets have found a way to use the Warp Rifts to their advantage...